Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Allosteric nanobodies uncover a role of hippocampal mGlu2 receptor homodimers in contextual fear consolidation

  • Pauline Scholler,
  • Damien Nevoltris,
  • Dimitri de Bundel,
  • Simon Bossi,
  • David Moreno-Delgado,
  • Xavier Rovira,
  • Thor C. Møller,
  • Driss El Moustaine,
  • Michaël Mathieu,
  • Emilie Blanc,
  • Heather McLean,
  • Elodie Dupuis,
  • Gérard Mathis,
  • Eric Trinquet,
  • Hervé Daniel,
  • Emmanuel Valjent,
  • Daniel Baty,
  • Patrick Chames,
  • Philippe Rondard,
  • Jean-Philippe Pin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01489-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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G protein-coupled receptors are considered promising therapeutic targets. Here, the authors have identified nanobodies, or single-domain llama antibodies, that specifically enhance agonist-induced activity of a type of G protein-coupled receptor, the mGlu2 receptor.